Do you have a weird/odd habit or compulsion?

As the title says, 'do you have a weird habit', something odd and not the usual nail biting, hair twirling variety?

Don't be shy or embarassed, I will start:

I have this odd habit where I don't even realise when I am actually doing it half the time and it's a little bit hard to explain, however when I have a hang nail in particular I run that nail over material or in the underside of elastic (usually the underside of my bra strap), or on the seatbelt, as I said, a bit hard to explain, but it's weird and I don't know why I do it but I have done it since I was little.

Another habit I used to have all throughout primary school was majorly sniffing the paper with the purple print from the 'Ditto machine'! I would always volunteer to hand out the paper just so I could get a big whiff of it fresh off the press!!

A close relative of mine has trichotillomania though that's not really a habit but more a compulsion due to stressors etc.

Ever since I was in primary school I have to break down long words into 2 or 3 letter groups, a funny habit, I could be on the bus or just driving down the street. My DH seems to think I am being quite structured or quite unique, I dunno just something I do.

If I am eating coloured confectionary (ie Smarties) I separate the colours first. I think they taste better like that!

When I am stressed I pull the front of my hair forward and plait it in tiny plaits. On the odd occasion that I forget I have done this, I have gone out with random sticky-up plaits at the front of my head. Oops. Or, if I forget and go to bed after doing it, I end up with strange crimped bits in my fringe!

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